Wedding Summer

Here is one of the french weddings that took place at the chateau this summer. This is a photo of everyone in attendance. It's like where's Waldo... Can you find me?

I was in my cousin Sarah's wedding in May.

This is my cousin LiZes wedding which I was so glad I got to be home for as I got to see pretty much all of my Dad's side of the family which is a rare event as we have gone to the 4 corners of the earth.

We even got a quick picture of everyone together. So those were some of this summer's weddings.

What do you think of when I say garden party?

When I say garden party, I don't usually thinkof a gourmet cold buffet but our garden party cooking workshop was just that.

In the morning Kathryn, Katie and I helped Michele with the prep cooking.

My cousin Katie Lanz is here for 2 weeks and she jumped right in and helped making crepe mille feuilles.

The guests putting together the meal.

The finished buffet, it all looked too good to eat but that didn't seem to stop everyone.

...yeilds fruit in its season

"How blessed is the man who does not walk in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat ot the scornful but is delight is in the law of the Lord and in His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree firmly planted by the rivers of water, which yeilds fruit in its season and it's leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers." Psalm 1:1-3

As summers bounty abound to us from our own and from our neighbors fruit trees and gardens it reminded me of these verses in Psalms about the richous man. How similar are the is an aboundant fruit tree to the the man's life who abounds, and prospers in good deeds.

With my abundent fruit supply I decided to a make a mirabelle plum clafoutis.

I'm still deciding what to do with all the tomates we have been given.